Wood verses metal barns

I'm weighing out my options to get a barn built before winter. We are in a cold climate with a heavy snow load. Size 36' x 36'. Looking at an insulated metal barn as a quick, inexpensive option (affordablebarns.com), instead of holding out for my gable dream barn built mainly from wood. Any advice from those who have been there done that is welcome!

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Permalink Reply by A_Sassy_Temptation on July 6, 2010 at 8:50pm

all the close by barns I have been around are metal, much more inexpensive I assume. I do not know where you live but I live in Alberta, I see alot of the affordablebarns.com barns out around here and we get alot of -30 days. What I would say is although the barn is nice, its not heated, so I'd still invest in stable blankets, and then ahve turnout blankets (even a rain sheet) to put over top when its nicer out.

I am very jealous of people with barns on the cold days

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Jackman on July 8, 2010 at 6:42pm

Thanks! I was going to go for the insulation option too. -20 to -30 is about normal winter for us (central BC) so have already got good turnouts and blankets for everyone.

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Pannell on July 18, 2010 at 6:11pm

Hi Nicole, Well ,metal is going to be cheeper to build but it will be dearer to heat. We don't get anything like the temps you guys get so I don't know about snow loads and all that. Your going to have this barn for a long time , may as well hold out for the one you realy want. Thats what we did, built a wooden stable block and it's just fab. So if the money is not such and issue and you can squirrel away that bit extra, I sure you will think it worth it in the end.
Cheers Geoffrey

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Jackman on September 1, 2010 at 11:27am

Good advice thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on July 28, 2010 at 11:58am

Try www.dencosheds.ca, cheap and affordable wood barns that actually comes in pieces and is basically put together like a 3D puzzle. My old employer had one done and even customized it :)